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Determine the electric potential a distance of 1.2 m from a spherical point charge of 3.4 x 10-6℃ (take V=0 at infinity).

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Chapter19: Electric Potential And Electric Field

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Problem 10CQ: Can the potential of a non-uniformly charged sphere be the same as that of a point charge? Explain.

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